Dai Yongge gambled on success and continually chased his losses until he simply wasn’t able to. Treated his clubs like they were just bad bets that didn’t come off. He took over a club that was a penalty kick away from the Premier league and thought that financially pushing it would bring success. R...

Lane looks like a good signing. Williams likes a knock and Marriot hasn’t completed half a seasons worth of matches since his hamstring tear in 2021.

The rest of them would not get into the Reading team from this point last season.

I think Richardson will have learnt a hell of a lot more from that collapse than he would have from an insipid 2-0 or 2-1 win. He clearly nailed a lot of our problems from 120 minutes of football. I'll take that as a crumb of comfort rather than a positive. Midfield is a problem for me. We need to ...

We are making subs for fitness levels in November, which is not correct. There are some really strong performances without being collective as a team in there. People need help within that on the pitch. We need people to return to fitness and stay fit if we want to progress and move forward. It is ...

I'll admit I followed online without watching, but there can be no excuses for failing to see it out from 2-0 in the 90th minute. Head to the corner, waste time, take a yellow card for fouls on the halfway line. Do whatever it takes to make sure you finish the job. That's true in L1, let alone agai...

Yep some truth in that. As I said whilst watching, doubt we’ll see a number of these lads in the near future (or again) in the first team Who, and what are the alternatives? Stickland would be one. Prob get a few more chances due to injuries but I don’t think we’ll see too much of Camara, maybe Kye...

He has to be careful with his reaction and words need to be chosen carefully. Metaphorically lynching everyone after one game (that doesn’t really matter in the overall big picture) when he doesn’t know the personalities well enough might not be the smartest move, he might also want that sort of ap...

I would argue that this is pretty much the perfect result for Richardson. He can be absolved of all blame having been in charge for only a matter of days. The only criticism one could offer would be the timing of his subs but I don't believe that had any effect on the result. He can tear the player...

15 players left in the summer? Must be including U11's....and he obviously had no say on who was let go 15 at the end of the season might be a slight exaggeration but 16 players who played in the first team left during or at the end of the 2024/25 season and these represented 49 league and cup goal...

Just seen that Danny Schofield is named as assistant manager and has previously managed Huddersfield and Doncaster. James Beattie is listed as coach and has managed Accrington Stanley. Could be sound appointments. Could be, but aren’t. It is Jobs for the boys. All arranged by mutual friend Joe Jaco...

Richardson seems to be a very Wycombey thing to do. So, it makes perfect sense I suppose. I imagine that he will have to hit the ground running, otherwise he won’t have the latitude given to Noel due to Noel’s history with the club. Then I suppose it will be Redwood that start taking hostile fire. I...

Maybe so, he started at centre back but for some reason Selles decided to play him at right back for a few games where admittedly he looked uncomfortable, but I'd prefer him to Burns any day. Of course I'd prefer the Bindon who left us this summer to Burns; I'd prefer him to any of our CBs and inde...

I just think of course our players aren't as good as Bindon, Mbengue, Knibbs, Smith and Azeez, who are all playing at a higher level for a reason. But do they match them for potential compared to 2 years ago? Obvious example - Lane is a similar age to Knibbs when we signed him, and already has a L1...

Who would have thought it. Natural width, early balls in the box and chances. I could see what we were trying to do for the first time in months,

A club that barely existed a few months ago and the fans are desperate to get rid of a guy who’s given his all for this club for many years. No wonder football’s in such a state. SMH. The club very much existed a few months ago. The idea of it ceasing to be is frankly absurd. If we were still at El...

It is a genuine risk for everyone. The question is whether or not it is likely. Ask me in March.

We created chances to miss. Much more like it than not creating chances, which is what the preceding games were like. It is at least something for the fans to get behind during a match. Put in the same level of performance on Tuesday and we should be fine. If not, then serious questions can be asked.

No but only because he should be put back with the U21s, not sacked just repurposed. This should have formed part of an interim package when he took over first team affairs last season. To do so now would be almost impossible for him. To go from being the Gaffer to answering to a different one woul...

He is an 18 year old right back. This means he will make mistakes and be caught out on occasion. Young players often have adrenaline fuelled performances where they will take risks based on their exuberance and a confidence in their own ability. He looks powerful at right back, and he could develop ...

In the Couhig Q&A he mentioned metrics, specifically to Noel keeping the manager's job when the take over completed You expect Rob would have other in-season metrics for Noel to meet I'd guess 2 League wins from 11 and in the Relegation places wouldn't meet expectations nor will it entice fans ...